Iggy Pop awarded France’s “highest cultural honour”April 27, 2017 - 13:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iggy Pop has been made a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government – the country’s ‘highest cultural honour’, NME reports. The iconic frontman joins the likes of Bob Dylan and the late David Bowie in having been awarded the honour (which is known as ‘Ordre des Arts et des Lettres’ in French), which is given to those individuals who have made a “significant contribution to the enrichment of the French cultural inheritance.” Iggy was presented with the honour by the French Consul General Clement Leclerc in Miami on April 25. In an accompanying post on his Instagram page, the caption explained: “Iggy has been awarded this distinction for his contribution to the arts in France and throughout the world. It was a very special day.” The artist has previously sung in French on his 2009 album ‘Préliminaires’ as well as on his follow-up record ‘Après’, which was released in 2012. Meanwhile, Henry Rollins penned a heartfelt tribute to Iggy Pop last weekend to honour the latter’s 70th birthday. “Happy birthday to the street-walkin’ cheetah with a heart full of napalm!” the former Black Flag frontman wrote – while also vehemently criticising President Donald Trump’s foreign policy. Related links: Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops. Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skills Armenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi Arabia Pashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |